On 2008-12-22 19:13, Mike Coleman wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:20 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> wrote:
>> BTW: Rather than using a huge in-memory dict, I'd suggest to either
>> use an on-disk dictionary such as the ones found in mxBeeBase or
>> a database.
>
> I really want this to work in-memory. I have 64G RAM, and I'm only
> trying to use 45G of it ("only" 45G :-), and I don't need the results
> to persist after the program finishes.
>
> Python should be able to do this. I don't want to hear "Just use Perl
> instead" from my co-workers... ;-)
What kinds of objects are you storing in your dictionary ? Python
instances, strings, integers ?
The time it takes to deallocate the objects in your dictionary
depends a lot on the types you are using.
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